Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
Fall Research Expo 2022

Welcome to CURF’s Research Expo!

Over 350 undergraduates are eager to share their research with you, so enjoy learning about the array of opportunities embraced by students at one of the world’s leading research universities.

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Start Time: September 19 2022 - 5:00 PM
End Time: September 19 2022 - 6:30 PM
Ann Vernon-Grey
Seito Sanford
Thermoresponsive Polymer with Added Cellulose as a Potential Cool Roofing Material
Ella Atsavapranee
Lipid nanoparticle-mediated delivery of RAS protease to inhibit cancer cell growth
Kimberly Liu
Dynamics of Learning
Hayle H Kim
The role of dopaminergic neurons in the sleep maturation of Drosophila
Aaron Mei
Object Detection and Variational Optical Flow
Noah R Beratan
Cell-specific effects of PERK-B associated SNPs
Aalok Patwa
Domain adaptation techniques preserve model accuracy across MRI imaging modalities
Harley A Haas
An acute injection of a subanesthetic ketamine dose normalizes stress-induced cognitive deficits: Molecular evidence of disinhibition of ketamine's antidepressant action
Dara Sanchez
Philadelphia, Rome, and Carthage: How Africa Fits Into Philadelphia's Latin Curriculum
Nicholas T Eiffert
Vowel Modification in Singing Voice
Ryan Afreen
Neurobiological measurements of contact hypothesis and long term impacts of  intergroup contact: A real world study of contact hypothesis in Academic-based service learning course
Hannah A. Jin
Differences in Neuropsychiatric Symptoms among Black and White Individuals with Frontotemporal Degeneration
Sherry G Liu
Analysis of Mouse-Isolated Bacterial Strains and Their Interactions with Pathogenic and Enteric Bacteria
Anisa Robinson
Examining Host Susceptibility to Parasitism as a Feature of Legume-Rhizobia Mutualisms
Dineth G Meegoda
Developing a Surgical Skin Cutting System For Virtual Reality Training Didactics
Hannah An
Targeting a “novel” circuit for depression: stimulation of inhibitory circuit from the entorhinal cortex ameliorates stress-induced social avoidance
Subin Kim
Interpreting Questions in Conversation
Ana Glassman
A microbiome-dependent neuronal pathway regulates the motivation for exercise in mice
Maha Essaidi
  • Elizabeth Xu
  • Shikha Kumar
  • Misato Shimizu
Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke (eCEASE)
Thuyvi Nguyen
  • Nebiat Gebregiorgis
Trends In Opioid and Sedative/Amnestic Exposure In Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis Of Data From The Pediatric Health Information Systems Database
Christina Cappola
Understanding Endophilin-Lamellipodin interactions in a receptor endocytosis pathway
Jasleen Gill
Improving CRISPR-Cas12a Base Editors: Focusing on Cas-DNA Binding Interactions
Angela Wu
The SPATA5-5L1 complex directs replisome proteostasis to ensure genome integrity
Christine Kong
Development of a semi-quantitative mitochondrial protein assay
Title Sort descending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Electroencephalography Analysis in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder Mouse Models Identifying Unique Epileptic Expressions Yanjie Zhang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Zhaolan Zhou
  • Andrew Edmondson
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Elucidating Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs to the Preoptic Area of the Hypothalamus Adam Honig-Frand College of Arts & Sciences
  • Shinjae Chung
MindCore
Elucidating Ionizable Lipid Structural Trends for mRNA Delivery In Vivo and Ex Vivo Kaitlin Mrksich Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Michael Mitchell
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Elucidating the Link between Intimate Partner Homicide and State-Level Gun Control Isabella Jiang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Millan AbiNader
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Employer Attitudes Toward Obesity Benefits Coverage Caroline Ben Nathan Wharton
  • Ariana Chao
  • Patti Williams
Jumpstart for Juniors, Other
Engines of Innovation in Large Firms Claire Yoo
Justin Qiu
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Natalya Vinokurova
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Enhancing Speech Performance by Manipulating Language Network Synchronization With tACS: A Potential Treatment for Post-stroke Aphasia Sofia Perdomo
Ashil Srivastava
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Roy H. Hamilton
  • Denise Y. Harvey
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Enzymatic Activity Detection in Animals Using Dried Blood Spots Maftuna Latipova College of Arts & Sciences
  • Charles Vite
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Epidemiology of Basketball-Related Fractures Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments Emily Tu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Chamith Rajapakse
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Erk Signaling in KM12 Oncogenic Cells Sara Dedhia Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • David Gonzalez-Martinez
  • Lukasz Bugaj
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Establishing a MITO-TagAd-GFP Mouse Colony to Study Maternal Obesity Stacy Liang College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rebecca Simmons
Other
Establishing the Role of CXCR2 in Mammalian Tissue Regeneration Emily Sheng College of Arts & Sciences
  • Thomas H. Leung, M.D., Ph.D.
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Establishment of shSTAT3 knockdown in EBV+ DLBCL Valeria Dubon College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Erle Robertson, Ph.D.
  • Dr. Hui Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Estimating Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Sensitivity on Low Field MRI Systems Rafael Sakamoto Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Thomas Arnold
  • Joel Stein
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Ethics of Privacy, Consent, and Decision-Making in Research Aarushi Parikh College of Arts & Sciences
  • Justin Clapp
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Evaluation of the Difference Between Automated and Manual QTc Interval in Normal and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Subjects Klea Gjuzi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Victoria Vetter
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Evaluation of violin bow vibrations using a quantitative Salchow test William Qi
Nathan Zhang
Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Christopher Fang-Yen
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Evidence Based Intervention For Children With Autism Joyce Yoon Nursing
  • Melanie Pellecchia
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Evidence of heat stress in bleaching-resistant corals using histology Elisa Kruse College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Katie Barott
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Examining Host Susceptibility to Parasitism as a Feature of Legume-Rhizobia Mutualisms Anisa Robinson College of Arts & Sciences
  • Corlett Wood
  • Mac Calvert
Other
Examining the Influence of Novel NAD Precursors on Mitochondrial Respiration Alyssa Bebenek College of Arts & Sciences
  • Joseph Baur
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Examining the Specificity and Robustness of Site-Specific and Non-Site-Specific DNA-Labeled Antibodies Emilie Yen Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Ning Jenny Jiang
Other
Experimental Characterization of Computationally Designed Self-assembling Peptide Bundles Jio Jeong College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jeffery G. Saven
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research, University Scholars
Exploring Quantification Methods for Simple and Complex Tandem Repeats on Nanopore Sequencing Data  Kyle Liao College of Arts & Sciences
  • Kai Wang
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program